[Ord. 9-95, 7/5/1995, § 1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
The Biglerville Borough Authority, Adams County, Pennsylvania, a municipal authority incorporated by the Borough of Biglerville on May 27, 1960, under the Municipal Authorities Act of 1945, P.L. 382.
BOD5 (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen expressed in ppm, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure for five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage" published by the American Public Health Association.
BOROUGH
Biglerville Borough, Adams County, Pennsylvania, a municipal subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through its Council or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through it authorized representative.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure connected directly or indirectly to the sewer system and used or intended for use in the operation of one business enterprise for the sale or distribution of any product, commodity, article or service.
COUNCIL
The Council of the Borough or in appropriate cases, its authorized representative.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer, building or other enclosure connected directly or indirectly to the sewer system and occupied or intended for occupancy as a separate living quarters by a family or other group of persons living together or by a person living alone.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes resulting from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected directly or indirectly to the sewer system and used or intended for use, in whole or in part, in the operation of one business enterprise for manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling any product, commodity or article or from which any process waste, as distinct from sanitary sewage, shall be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment other than sanitary sewage.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected directly or indirectly to the sewage system which does not constitute a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial establishment.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the curb line, or if there shall be no curb line, to the property line, or if no such lateral shall be provided, the "lateral" shall mean that portion of, or place in, a sewer which is provided for connection of any building sewer.
MULTIPLE UNIT
Any improved property in which there is located more than one dwelling unit, commercial establishment, industrial establishment or institutional establishment, or any combination thereof.
OWNER
Person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, trust, association, society, corporation, school district, municipality, municipality authority or other group or entity.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution.
ppm
Part per million, by weight.
PROPERLY CHOPPED GARBAGE
Garbage that has been chopped to such a degree that all its particles will be carried freely under normal sewer flow conditions with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet waste from any improved property.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
The sewage treatment facilities owned by the Biglerville Borough Authority and operated by the Borough of Biglerville for which wastes discharged into the sewer system are being transported and treated.
SEWER
Any pipe, main or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system and used or usable for collection and transportation of sanitary sewage and industrial waste.
SEWER SYSTEMS
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating and disposing of wastewater to be acquired or to be constructed or acquired by the Borough of the Authority.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids neither dissolved nor floating on the surface of the liquid, as determined by appropriate procedures found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage" published by the American Public Health Association.
TOTAL SOLIDS
All solids as determined by appropriate procedures found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage" published by the American Health Association.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substance or combination of substance that:
A. 
Is listed in the regulation promulgated by the administration of the Environmental Protection Agency, under the provisions of CWA 307(a).
B. 
Is present in sufficient quantity either singular or by interaction with other waste to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans or animals, to create a receiving water of the sewage treatment plant.
[Ord. 9-1995, 7/5/1995, § 2]
1. 
Sewer rentals or charges are hereby imposed upon, and shall be collected from, the owner of each improved property that shall be or is connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system, for use of the sewer system, which sewer rentals or charges shall be imposed and shall be effective as of the effective date of this Part, the date of connection of such improved property to the sewer system or the date when this Borough first shall be capable of accepting sanitary sewage or industrial wastes from such improved property for transportation and treatment, whichever date shall last occur. Such sewer rentals and charges hereby imposed shall be computed and shall be payable as provided herein.
2. 
The provisions of § 18-102(1) notwithstanding, sewer rentals or charges are hereby imposed upon and shall be collected from the owner of any improved property that is required to be connected to the sewer system by appropriate ordinance of this Borough from and after the work of expiration of the time allowed to make such connection as set forth in such ordinance, whether or not such connection shall have been made; provided, however, that this Borough shall first be capable of accepting sanitary sewage or industrial wastes from such improved property for transportation and treatment. Such sewer rentals or charge hereby imposed shall be computed and shall be payable as provided herein.
[Ord. 9-95, 7/5/1995, § 3; as amended by Ord. 8-98, 12/1/1998, §§ 1, 2; by Ord. 7-2004, 11/2/2004, §§ 1, 2; by Ord. 9-2005, 12/6/2005, §§ 1, 2]
Sewer rentals and charges imposed by this Part shall be computed in accordance with the schedules of classifications and rates set forth in this Section.
A. 
Residential Flat Rate. Sewer rentals or charges for sanitary sewage discharge into the sewer system from any improved property constituting a dwelling unit shall be on a flat rate of $120 per quarter annum for each dwelling unit.
(1) 
For purposes of this Section, each dwelling unit in a double house, in a row of connecting houses, in an apartment building or in any other multiple unit structure shall constitute a separate dwelling unit and shall be billed as a separate dwelling unit. If two or more families use separate cooking or toilet facilities in an improved property, the sewer rental or charge shall be computed as though each family was a separate user with a separate connection to the sanitary sewer.
B. 
Commercial Establishment and Institutional Establishments — Flat Rate. Sewer rentals or charges for sanitary sewer discharge into the sewer system from any improved property constituting a commercial establishment or charge for each such commercial establishment or institutional establishment shall be determined by multiplying the applicable rate set forth in Subsection A of this Section by the applicable number of billing units assigned to such commercial establishment or institutional establishment in the schedule of classifications set forth in Subsection B(2) below.
(1) 
The rate applied to commercial establishments and institutional establishments under this Section shall be on a flat rate of $120 per quarter annum for each building unit.
(2) 
Commercial establishments and institutional establishments are hereby classified according to the following schedule. The applicable number of billing units determined in accordance with the following schedule shall be multiplied by the applicable rate per billing unit set forth in Subsection B(1) of this Section to determine the sewer rental or charge for such commercial establishment or institutional establishment.
Classified User
Minimum Billing Units
1.
Single Family Dwelling Unit
1 Unit
2.
Retail Store (Each 10,000 hrs. worked by the owner or employees)
1 Unit
3.
Restaurant, Club, Tavern or other establishment dispensing food or beverages
a.
Traditional/sit down (Each 15 seats or fraction thereof)
1 Unit
b.
Convenience fast food/take out food
Metered Rate
4.
Convenience Stores
a.
Without public restroom
3 Units
b.
Each additional public restroom
1 Unit
5.
Firehouse, Municipal Building or similar use (each restroom)
1 Unit
6.
Drive-in Theater — each 30 car spaces or fraction thereof
1 Unit
7.
Church
a.
Without kitchen facilities (each 200 members or less)
1 Unit
b.
With kitchen facilities (each 200 members or less)
2 Units
8.
Retail business not otherwise listed
1 Unit
9.
Gasoline service station (without public restroom)
1 Unit
Each additional public restroom
1 Unit
10.
Retail garage/vehicle repair
a.
2 bays or fraction thereof
1 Unit
b.
Each bay over 2
0.5 Units
11.
Car Wash (each bay)
1 Unit
12.
Laundromat
a.
Each 2 washers (single load)
1 Unit
b.
Each 2 washers (double load or greater)
1.5 Units
13.
Office
a.
4 employees or less
1 Unit
b.
Each employee over 4
0.25 Units
15.
Motel or hotel (in addition to restaurant facilities)
a.
Without kitchen facilities, each rental room
0.5 Units
b.
With kitchen facilities, each rental room
1 Unit
16.
Schools
a.
Without showers (each 20 students or fraction thereof)
1 Unit
b.
Without showers (each 15 students or fraction thereof)
1 Unit
c.
With cafeteria (each 15 students or fraction thereof)
1 Unit
d.
With shower and cafeteria (each 12 students or fraction thereof)
1 Unit
17.
Bowling Alley
a.
Each 5 lanes or fraction thereof
1 Unit
b.
Each lane over 5
0.25 Units
18.
Industry
a.
Sanitary wastewater only (each 10,000 hours worked by owner or employees)
1 Unit
b.
Process wastewater
Metered rate
19.
Medical office to include medical doctors, dentists, chiropractors, optometrist, etc. (each doctor)
1 Unit
Each additional employee, nurse, attendant, etc.
0.5 Units
20.
Hospitals or nursing home (each bed)
0.5 Units
21.
Boarding school (each 3 students or fraction thereof)
1 Unit
22.
Barber or beauty shop (each 2 chairs or fraction thereof)
1 Unit
23.
In addition to billing units defined above, each garage grinder having 3/4 horsepower rating or larger
1 Unit
The number of billing units to be ascribed to schools or similar institutions here under shall be determined on the basis of the average daily membership of students during the regular school term preceding the billing period. Employees, including teachers and administrative, shall be treated as students for the purposes of computations.
Each retail store or industrial establishment which billing unit(s) are established by hours worked on or before December 31 of the preceding year file a sworn certificate with the Borough setting forth the total number of hours worked by its employees during the calendar year ending at the time of certification. Included among employee hours shall be all executive, administrative and part-time personnel.
C. 
Estimated Sewer Rentals. In the event of any retail store, school or industry fails to file to file an annual statement as required by this Part, the Borough shall estimate the annual sewer rental and such estimate shall be the sewer rental due and payable by said user until the required statement if filed, provided however that no rebates shall be paid by the Borough in the event the certified statement reveals a lower sewer rental than that estimated by the Borough.
D. 
Industrial/Commercial Establishments; Metered Rate. A wastewater meter or other flow measuring device may be used by the industrial or commercial establishment at the request of the Borough or when an establishment makes a request to the Borough and the meter installation and method of billing as stated herein is approve by the Borough. Sewer rates for sanitary sewage not subject to special charge hereunder that shall be discharged into the sanitary sewer system from any improved property constituting an industrial or commercial establishment shall be based upon volume of such discharge where the volume of such discharge shall be based upon volume of such permitted by this Part. In such case, the sewer rental or charge shall be computed quarterly in accordance with the following schedule and subject to the following minimum sewer rental or charge.
(1) 
Metered Rate Schedule.
[Amended by Ord. 4-2013, 12/3/2013]
Metered Waste Discharge
$7.60 per 1,000 gallons plus 5% charge for meter reading and special billing procedure
Minimum Charge per Industrial Establishment
$275 per quarter annum
(2) 
Meters or other measuring devices which shall be required or permitted for use in determining volume of sewage waste discharge shall be of type approved for use by Council, shall be furnished and installed by the owner of the improved property at his expense, shall be under the control of Council and may be tested, inspected or repaired by Council whenever necessary. The owner of the improved property upon which such meter or other measuring device shall be installed shall be responsible for its maintenance, calibration and safekeeping, and all repairs thereto shall be made at the expense of the owner, whether such repairs shall be made necessary by ordinary wear and tear or other causes. Bills for such repairs, if made by Council, shall be due and payable immediately upon completion of such repairs and shall be collected in the same manner as quarterly bills for sewer rentals and charges.
E. 
Charges for Sanitary Waste Having Certain Characteristics. Wastewater discharges to the Biglerville Borough sanitary sewer system shall meet the requirements as outlined in § 18-103, however the Borough may approve under separate agreement that a commercial or industrial user may discharge wastewater having characteristics exceeding the following parameters:
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
225 mg/l
Suspended Solids (SS)
225 mg/l
Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3N)
25 mg/l
Surcharges may be applied as per the following for wastewater discharges having concentrations above the limits as listed above.
Quarterly Surcharge = 0.00834QI ((BOD - 225)A + (SS225)B + (NH3N - 25)C)
Whereas:
QI
=
Quarterly flow in MGD as discharged by the industry.
BOD
=
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (5 day) in mg/l.
SS
=
Suspended Solids in mg/l.
NH3N
=
Ammonia Nitrogen in mg/l.
A
=
Represents the operation, maintenance, capital and treatment costs incurred per thousand pounds of BOD treated at the wastewater treatment facility.
B
=
Represents the operation, maintenance, capital and treatment costs incurred per thousand pounds of suspended solids treated at the wastewater treatment facility.
C
=
Represents the operation, maintenance, capital and treatment costs incurred per thousand pounds of ammonia nitrate treated at the wastewater treatment facility.
F. 
Change in Flat Rate Classifications. If use of classification of any improved property shall change during any billing period, the sewer rental or change shall be adjusted by the Council, by proration on a monthly basis to the nearest calendar month, with a credit or charge as shall be appropriate under the circumstances, being made on the statement for the next succeeding billing period.
G. 
Additional Flat Rate Classifications and Modifications of Flat Rate Classifications. Council reserves the right from time to time to establish rates therefore; and Council further reserves the right, from time to time, to alter, modify, revise and amend flat rate classifications and the rates applicable thereto.
H. 
Multiple Unit Rates. Each dwelling unit, commercial establishment, institutional establishment or industrial establishment located in a multiple unit discharging sanitary sewage directly or indirectly into the sewer system shall be billed as a separate entity or unit: irrespective of whether or not such separate entity has separate toilet or waste facilities and irrespective of whether or not such separate entity or unit has a separate connection to the sanitary sewer, and the applicable sewer rental or charge for such separate entity or unit shall be computed in accordance with the applicable classifications and rate set forth in this Section as though such separate entity or unit constituted a separate improved property.
I. 
Special Agreements. Not withstanding any provisions of this Part to the contrary, Council shall have the right based upon good reason and circumstance existing, to enter into special agreements with the owner of any improved property constituting an industrial establishment with respect to terms and conditions upon which sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste may be discharged into the sewer system and with respect to the payments of sewer rentals or charges in connection therewith. In such event, such service and payments with respect thereto shall be governed by terms and conditions of such special agreement.
[Ord. 9-95, 7/5/1995, § 4]
1. 
Sewer rentals or charges imposed by this Part shall be payable quarterly.
2. 
All bills with respect to sewer rentals or charges shall be rendered quarterly on the 15th day of January, April, July and October of each year for service during the preceding calendar quarter ending December 31, March 31, June 30 and September 30, respectively.
3. 
Sewer rentals or charges shall be due and payable on the billing date as provided in Subsection 2 of this Section and the amount computed in accordance with this part shall constitute the net bill. If sewer rentals or charges are not paid within 30 calendar days after the billing date, which net bill, plus such additional sum, shall constitute the gross bill. Payment made or mailed and postmarked on or before the last day of such 30 calendar day period shall constitute payment within such period. If the end of such 30 calendar period shall fall on a legal holiday or on a Sunday, payment on or mailed and postmarked on the next succeeding business day which is not a legal holiday shall constitute payment within such period. If a sewer rental charge is not paid within 60 days, the minimum interest and penalties allowed by law shall accrue until such time as payment is made.
A. 
Whenever service to any improved property shall begin after the first day or shall terminate before the last day of any quarterly billing period, sewer rentals or charges for such period shall be prorated equitably, if appropriate, for that portion of the quarterly billing period during which such improved property was served by the sewer system.
4. 
Every owner of improved property which is connected to the sewer system initially shall provide Council with and thereafter shall keep Council advised of his correct address. Failure of any person to receive quarterly bills for sewer rentals or charges shall not be considered an excuse for nonpayment nor shall such failure result in an extension of the period of time during which the bill shall be payable.
[Ord. 9-95, 7/5/1995, § 5]
Sewer rentals or charges imposed by this Part shall be a lien on the improved property connected to and served by the sewer system; and any such sewer rentals or charges which are not paid within 60 days after each quarterly billing date applicable to the particular improved property shall be filed as a lien against the improved property so connected to and served by the sewer system, which lien shall be filed in the Office of Prothonotary of Adams County, Pennsylvania, and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the filing and collecting of municipal claims. All delinquent bills shall be collected by this Borough in any manner permitted by law.
[Ord. 9-95, 7/5/1995; as added by Ord. 7-2001, 9/4/2001]
1. 
If the owner of an improved property served by the Biglerville Borough water and/or sewer system shall neglect or fail to pay, for the period of 30 days from the due date thereof, any rental, rate or charge for sewer, sewerage or sewage treatment service imposed by the Borough. As authorized by Act 191 of the Pennsylvania Legislature, the Borough may shut off the supply of water to such premises until all such overdue fees, together with penalties and interest, are paid in full. In no case shall the water supply be shut off to any improved property until 10 days after written notice of intent to disconnect shall be posted at the main entrance of the improved property for such ten-day period.
2. 
If during the ten-day period, the owner delivers to the Borough a written statement, under oath or affirmation, stating that he has a just defense to the claim, or part of it, for such fees, then the water supply shall not be shut off until the claim has been judicially determined. The statement shall also contain a declaration under oath or affirmation that it was not executed for the purpose of delay.
3. 
If water/sewer service is discontinued following notice to the property owner, reconnection of said premises will require payment of applicable fees and charges to the Borough in advance of reconnection.
[Ord. 9-95, 7/5/1995, § 6; as amended by Ord. 6-2003, 9/2/2003, § 1]
1. 
No customer will discharge into the sewage collection system any industrial waste or commercial process water without first obtaining the permission of the Borough Council to do so. All industrial waste is subject to regulation by the Borough and Borough reserves the right at is discretion to refuse connection to the sewer system, or to compel discontinuance of the use of the sewers, or to compel pretreatment of industrial wastes by an industry.
2. 
Except as otherwise provided in this regulation, no person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described wastes or waters into the sanitary sewer system:
A. 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher then 140° F.
B. 
Any water or waste containing more than 100 mg/l of fats, tar, oils and/or grease.
C. 
Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity are, or may be, sufficient either alone or by interaction with other substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any way to the wastewater treatment facility. At no time shall two successive readings on an explosive hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any point in the system) be more than 5% nor any single reading over 10% of the lower explosive limits (LEL) of the meter. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, fuel oil, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other substances which the Borough, the Commonwealth or the EPA. has notified the user is a fire hazard or found to be detrimental to the treatment process.
D. 
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, shall be capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or of preventing entry into the sanitary sewer system or the sewage treatment plant for maintenance and repair.
E. 
Any water or waste containing any solid wastes with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, resulting from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce, which wastes commonly are known as garbage, which have not been ground by household type garbage disposal units or other suitable garbage grinder.
F. 
Any solids or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in the sewer system or other interference with proper operation of the wastewater treatment facility such as, but not limited to, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, feathers, entrails, whole blood, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, waste paper, strings, wood, plastics, gas tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass grinding or polishing wastes, dental floss, wool or other fibers.
G. 
Any water or waste having a pH (as determined by this Borough) lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0 or having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures or equipment of the sanitary sewer system or the sewage treatment plant or to personnel engaged in operation and maintenance thereof.
H. 
Any water or waste containing any toxic substance, as defined below, in quantity sufficient to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to interfere with any wastewater treatment process of wastewater treatment plant or that will pass through the wastewater treatment plant in such condition so that it will exceed State, Federal or other validity existing requirements. Samplings taken to determine the maximal allowable concentration shall be at the point of discharge to the sanitary sewer system.
Toxic Inorganic Substances
Maximum Allowable Concentration
Aluminum (ionic form)
10.0 mg/l
Antimony
5.0 mg/l
Arsenic
0.1 mg/l
Barium
5.0 mg/l
Beryllium
1.0 mg/l
Boron
1.0 mg/l
Cadmium
0.1 mg/l
Chromium, total
1.0 mg/l
Copper
0.1 mg/l
Cyanide (total)
0.1 mg/l
Fluorides
1.5 mg/l
Iron
5.0 mg/l
Lead
0.02 mg/l
Manganese
0.5 mg/l
Mercury
0.01 mg/l
Nickel
0.5 mg/l
Selenium
0.5 mg/l
Silver
0.5 mg/l
Tin
5.0 mg/l
Zinc
1.0 mg/l
Chromium (Hexavalent)
0.1 mg/l
MBAs (Detergent)
1.0 mg/l
Color (Platinum Cobalt Units)
75
Chlorides
250 mg/l
Methylene Chloride
0.2 mg/l
Organic Compounds/Pollutants
Maximum Allowable Concentration
Alcohols (total)
25.0 mg/l
Phenols
2.0 mg/l
Chlorinated hydrocarbons (total)
2.0 mg/l
Pesticides and Herbicides (total)
0.1 mg/l
Benzidine
50.0 mg/l
Methylene blue
50.0 mg/l
Acetone
50.0 mg/l
Toluene
1.0 mg/l
Ethylbenzene
1.0 mg/l
Naphthalene
1.5 mg/l
Hexachlorobenzene
2.0 mg/l
Chloroform
0.1 mg/l
Total Toxic Organics (TTO)
2.0 mg/l
Upon the promulgation of the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards for a particular industrial subcategory, the Federal Standard, if more stringent than limitations imposed under this regulation for sources in the subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this regulation. The Borough shall notify all affected users of the applicable reporting requirements under 40 CFR 403.12.
I. 
Any water or waste containing total solids of such character and quantity that special or unusual attention or expense shall be required to handle such water or waste at the wastewater treatment processes.
J. 
Any wastewater containing an excess of 30 mg/l of total phosphate (PO4) or 10 mg/l of phosphorus (P) any given time.
K. 
Any wastewater containing an excess of 25 mg/l of ammonia nitrogen (NH3N), unless approved by the Borough Council under separate agreement. However, no ammonia nitrogen (NH3N) discharges shall exceed 45 mg/l under any circumstances. See surcharge formula.
L. 
Any wastewater containing radioactive wastes.
M. 
Any wastewater containing a biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in excess of 225 mg/l, unless approved by the Borough Council under separate agreement. However, no BOD discharges shall exceed 500 mg/l under any circumstances. See surcharge formula.
N. 
Any wastewater containing a chemical oxygen demand (COD) in excess in 500 mg/l.
O. 
Any wastewater containing an excess of 225 mg/l by weight of suspended solid material, unless approved by Borough Council under separate agreement. However, no suspended solids discharges shall exceed 500 mg/l under any circumstance. See surcharge formula.
P. 
Any wastewater volume (quantity) which will have a detrimental effect on the collection system, pumps or treatment units.
Q. 
Any wastewater containing dyes or other materials with objectionable color, that may affect the effluent quality and visual appearance.
R. 
Any stormwater, either from street or gutter inlets or from roof or other rain water connections, surface or subsurface water, exhaust water, steam or other unpolluted drainage.
3. 
Gas stations and garages are required to provide oil interceptors of the types Series GA, GX, GNC, GRC or Josam Manufacturing Company, Michigan City, Indiana, or equivalent, in the proper location, where the dangerous liquids are to be intercepted. Restaurants or other commercial establishments as directed are required to provide a complete grease recovery unit, properly sized to handle anticipated flow rates as manufactured by Lowe Engineering Company, Thermaco, Inc., or equivalent.
4. 
No user shall ever increase the use of process water or, in any way, attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the limitations contained in the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards, or in any other pollutant — specific limitation developed by the Borough or Commonwealth. (Comment: Dilution may be an acceptable means of complying with some of the prohibitions as set forth in this Section and approved, e.g., the pH prohibition. Such practices must receive written approval from the Borough Council.)
5. 
Whenever a person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity is authorized by the Borough and the appropriate governmental agencies to discharge any polluted water, domestic sanitary sewage or industrial waste containing any of the substances or possessing any of the characteristics referred to in § 18-106, such discharge shall be subject to the continuing approval, inspection and review of the Borough. If, in the opinion of Borough, such discharges are causing or will cause damage to the sewer system, or cause the Borough to be in violation of the treatment agreement, the Borough shall order the person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity causing such discharge to cease doing so forthwith, or to take other appropriate action, including exercising the remedies provided in the connection regulation to eliminate the harmful discharge.
6. 
Sampling and Testing. Sanitary wastewater and/or industrial wastewater being discharged into the sewer system shall be subject to periodic sampling, inspection and testing. Sampling, inspection and testing shall be made by the Borough as frequently as may be deemed necessary.
A. 
Basic testing normally associated with periodic monitoring shall be performed by Borough, however the discharger shall be financially responsible for all testing costs when any one parameter exceeds the allowable limit as established herein. A discharger shall be financially responsible for all testing costs when it has been deemed necessary to provide continued sampling and testing because of a dischargers noncompliance with the rules and regulations as contained herein.
B. 
Industrial waste dischargers shall be responsible for providing a sampling manhole as approved by the Borough or their authorized agent(s). Existing industrial facilities shall have a period of six months from the date of enactment of this Part. Installation and maintenance of the sampler shall be the financial responsibility of the industrial discharger.
7. 
Changes in Types of Waste. Any owner of an improved property who is discharging or allows to be discharged wastewater in to the sanitary sewer system and who contemplates a change in the operations, processes or the activities conducted on such improved property that will alter the type of wastewater to be discharged into the sanitary sewer system shall notify the Borough Council, in writing, at least 30 days prior to the consummation of such change.
8. 
Industrial waste dischargers shall provide protection from accidental, unauthorized and slug discharges of prohibited wastes or other substances regulated by the Sewer Use Ordinance of the Borough. The discharger shall provide a plan and facilities to prevent accidental or slug discharges of prohibited materials. Industrial waste dischargers shall report accidental spills immediately by notifying the Biglerville Borough Office and the Biglerville Borough wastewater treatment personnel. Dischargers shall be financially responsible for operational expenses incurred by the Borough resulting from accidental, unauthorized and slug discharges.
9. 
Nothing contained in the Section shall be construed as prohibiting any special arrangement between the Borough Council and any customer whereby wastewaters of unusual strength or character may be admitted into the sanitary sewer system by the Borough Council either before or after preliminary treatment. The Borough Council reserves the right to refuse service or permission to connect to the sanitary sewer system in order to prevent; damage to the sanitary sewer system, overload to the municipal wastewater treatment facilities, detrimental effect to the biological treatment process, and/or environmental consequences to the stream, receiving effluent from the Biglerville Borough wastewater treatment facility.
10. 
Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense. Each discharge of a substance in excess of the maximum allowable concentration shall also be deemed and shall be taken as a separate violation. In addition to the penalties provided herein, the Borough may sue at law or in equity to enjoin violations herein and in addition to damages may recover reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, laboratory testing fees, other related consulting fees, court reporter's fees, and other expenses of litigation by appropriate suit at law or in equity against the person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity found to have violated these regulations or the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder.
[Ord. 9-95, 7/5/1995, § 7]
Council shall have the right of access at reasonable times to any part of any improved property served by the sewer system as shall be required for purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing and for performance of other functions relating to service rendering by Council through the sewer system.
[Ord. 9-95, 7/5/1995, § 8]
1. 
The owner of each improved property connected to the sewer system shall be responsible for all acts of tenants or other occupants of such improved property insofar as such acts shall be governed by provisions of this Part.
2. 
If this owner of any nonresidential improved property shall fail to provide this Borough with complete information required to compute the sewer rental or charge to such nonresidential improved property, this Borough may estimate a reasonable applicable sewer rental or charge for such nonresidential improve property and such estimated sewer rental or charge shall be the actual sewer rental or charge payable until the required information is filed; provided, however, that no rebates will be paid by this Borough if the information filed reveals a lower indicated sewer rental or charge than that estimated by this Borough.
[Ord. 9-95, 7/5/1995, § 9]
Council reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, such additional rules and regulations it shall deem necessary and property in connection with use and operation of the sewer system, which rules and regulations shall be, shall become and shall be construed as part of this Part.
[Ord. 9-95, 7/5/1995, § 12; as amended by Ord. 6-2003, 9/2/2003, § 1]
No new connections to the sewer system shall be permitted unless there is sufficient reserved capacity in the sewer system to adequately convey and treat the wastewater which the new connection will contribute; provided, however, new connections to the sewer system will be permitted upon written approval from the Department of Environmental Protection.